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ARIZONA CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT

EIN 27-2366780 PHOENIX, AZ

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Revenue 2024
$11,871,567
Expenses 2024
$3,261,716

Program services were 92.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
R22
Classification
1000
Street
5710 N 19TH AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

EMPOWERING ARIZONAS LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY MEMBERS OF THE LARGE AND DIVERSE LATINO AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, TO OVERCOME EFFECTS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INJUSTICE AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND BENEFITS FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EMPOWERING ARIZONAS LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY MEMBERS OF THE LARGE AND DIVERSE LATINO AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, TO OVERCOME EFFECTS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INJUSTICE.

  • ACE CONDUCTED NONPARTISAN EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS AT THE ARIZONA STATE LEGISLATURE AND, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE FIRST ECONOMY COALITION, HELPED COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACCESS CLEAR INFORMATION ON ISSUES AFFECTING THEM. ACE COMPLETED 218 COMMUNITY EVENTS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH EVENTS SUCH AS MONEY TALKS, JEFAS EVENTS, AND LARGE-SCALE FREE COMMUNITY CONCERTS TO ENCOURAGE VOTER TURNOUT. ACE ALSO COMPLETED 7,861 VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS DURING OUR VOTER EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, VOTERIA.

    Expenses $3,003,740 · Grants $750,384 · Revenue $8,916

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Alejandra Gomez

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $184,204
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $184,204
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $184,204 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported + $184,204 related

  • Montserrat Arredondo

    DIRECTOR FROM 12/10/24

    Total calculated
    $32,311
    From this org
    $32,311
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Alicia Russell

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Martin Hernandez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Raquel Teran

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ricardo Zamudio

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $11,871,567
    Expenses
    $3,261,716
    Contributions
    $11,378,483
    Grants paid
    $750,384
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,934,441
    Expenses
    $1,093,805
    Contributions
    $6,071,361
    Grants paid
    $29,870
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,299,840
    Expenses
    $2,737,033
    Contributions
    $8,299,840
    Grants paid
    $18,425

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,556,363
    Expenses
    $1,166,359
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,252,994

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,015,645
    Expenses
    $2,100,717
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,073,188

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $915,057
    Expenses
    $829,620
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,346,710

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,076,678
    Expenses
    $790,839
    Assets (EOY)
    $845,475

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $349,224
    Expenses
    $317,698
    Assets (EOY)
    $187,689

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $523,644
    Expenses
    $380,689
    Assets (EOY)
    $148,831

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $281,213
    Assets (EOY)
    $103,044

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $78,329
    Assets (EOY)
    $101,639

  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $75,235
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,789

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

  • Exemption revoked 15 May 2016, reinstated 15 May 2016.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.